p.m. starmer: mr. speaker, we do need flexibility in our schools. if she pops on social media for a while, she will see the amendment we put down to achieve that end. this bill talks about child -- we had a young child killed who was taken out of a school by an abuser. this bill closes that gap. that is urgently needed. we have children who have not gone back to school since covid. this bill closes that gap. she can make it a point on academies, we can debate academies, but to vote against the bill is a disgrace on all of them. >> settle down. >> this is nonsense, mr. speaker, and the amendment he talks about is not address this issue. he raises academies. that's exactly what i'm talking about. like every other parent, i believe all our children should have the best teachers. apart from cutting their pay, listen to what the head of 11, mr. speaker, the most successful school in the country, came from the armed forces. the headmistress says that with labour's new rules, she never would have been able to